Silverstein - California Ukulele

Silverstein
"California"
This is How the Wind Shifts

Tuning: Half-Step Down


Intro:
F                            Dm
Feel it, the calm after the storm.
                  G
As still as I can be.
                 F
I'm finally all alone until I fall asleep...

Dm--F                      Dm--F
     Did I escape or am I captured?
                               G
Trapped in a cage of rear view mirror eyes.
F              G
Triangles that look like faces.


Verse 1:
Dm
  This is what I get
F-Dm
    for my revenge.
  G      F
A hidden microphone,
G
an amber alert implanted...
Dm
...under my skin.
F-Dm                   [G]
   It's just in my head but
F
  it takes me over.
   G                       Dm
It makes me forget why I'm on my way.
           F
These four years feel like a hundred.


Chorus:
Dm                       F                          G
West-bound, driving all alone to make sure that you know.
                   F
I've been running scared without you.
  G                  Dm
I drove all night to tell you.
                         F                       G
In dreams I've seen your face with another in my place.
               C---D                            Em--C
I know it was another life but I never could forget you.
                 Em--C----D
I never could forget you.


Verse 2:
Dm                 F      Dm
  We set it up (we set it up)
                      G    F
like a house of cards in a hurricane.
   G
We didn't think it would ever make sense.
Dm                 F       Dm
  He set us up (he set you up),
                      G
he knew just where to plant it.
F
  It knocked me over,
   G                    Dm
it made me forget how I fell in love.
    F
How much I really cared.


Chorus:
Dm                       F                          G
West-bound, driving all alone to make sure that you know.
                   F
I've been running scared without you.
  G                  Dm
I drove all night to tell you.
                         F                       G
In dreams I've seen your face with another in my place.
               C---D                          [Ad Lib: Em-D-C-D]
I know it was another life but I never could forget you.
I never could forget you.


Bridge:
Dm             G
You'll see me there
         F 
like a familiar stranger 
 G
standing on the street.
Dm           G
  I'll say a prayer,
          F
I'll introduce myself 
              G
like it's the first time we'd ever meet.
Dm       F
  In California, 
    Dm                       F       G    Dm
I'd learn that sometimes you have to run away.
       F
In California,
    Am           C--D
I'd find myself again.


Chorus:
Dm                       F                          G
West-bound, driving all alone to make sure that you know.
                   F
I've been running scared without you.
  G                  Dm
I drove all night to tell you.
                         F                       G
In dreams I've seen your face with another in my place.
               F                 G             Dm
I know it was another life but I never could forget you...